Tunisian parliament. Chedly Ben Ibrahim/Demotix. All rights reserved.
El-Habib Saïd took the reins of the office of prime minister on 6 February 2015. He succeeded Mehdi Juma, chairman of the technocratic interim government that assumed full responsibility for running the country early in 2014.
In a crucial confidence vote, 166 deputies approved the proposed government, 60 voted against and eight abstained, out of the total 204 deputies present in parliament during the voting. The new government is composed of 42 members (28 ministers and 14 secretaries of state) who are either independent politicians or executive leaders in various political parties.
